i'm amy goodman. black lives matter activists interrupted former bill clinton during a speech in support of hillary, in philadelphia on challenging the clintons on thursday, their support for the 1994 crime bill, which led to a massive expansion of incarceration in the united states. activists shouted, "black youth are not super predators," a reference to hillary clinton's 1996 comments about some youth. they also held signs reading, "clinton crime bill destroyed our communities." in response, former president clinton defended hillary's use of the terer"super predators" and accusesed the activivists of defending criminalals. >> wait a miminute, wawait a mi. ok, i heard it. can i answer it? see these other signs? thth is w what is a matter. i do notot how you characterize the gang leaders who got 13-y-year-old kidids hopped d n crack k and sent them out onon e streets to m murder other african-american children. maybe you thought they were good citizens. she didn't. she didn't.t. you are e defending th

i'm amy goodman. about 100 more people have been arrested in washington, d.c.c.,s part of the ongoing democracy spring protests against political corruption and big money in politics. wednesday marked the third consecutive day of mass arrests at the u.s. capitol after 85 people were arrested tuesday and more than 400 were arrrrested on monday. about 36,000 verizon workers have go on strike along the east coast, from massachusetts to virginia, marking one of the biggest u.s. strikes in years. verizon has sought to cut pensions and ease the outsourcing of work. in newew york cityty, verizon wr gail rodgegers spoke out. >> we are fighting, trying to give the company from taking things that we rightfully gained through previous contracts that should be hours. medical benefits, the right to work. work overseas. we can't have that. work needs to stay in america for americans. amy: both democratic presesidential candididates joid verizon workers on n the picket lines in new york city. speaking in his hohome

i'm amy goodman. around 20 people we arrested in costa mesa, california, after demonstrators took to the streets to protest a donald trump rally thursday night. protesters blocked traffic, including the on-ramp to the freeway. the demonstrations involved both clashes between trump supporters and protesters, as well as between protesters and the police clad in riot gear. several thousand people attended the trump rally. the california primary is june 7. former house speaker john boehner launched a verbal attack against republican presidential candidate ted cruz, calling him "lucifer in the flesh" and a "miserable son of a [bleep]." boehner was speaking during a forum at stanford university. the comments were recorded by journalists from the campus paper, the stanford daily. this is john boehner responding to stanford history professor david kennedy, asking what he thinks about ted cruz. >> lucifer in the flesh. [indiscernible] i have never worked with a more miserable son of a [blee[. amy: meanwhile, p

i'm amy goodman. i'm amy goodman in denver with nermeen shaikh in new york. nermeen: we end today's show in saudi arabia, where president obama is meeting with leaders of the gulf cooperation council in the capital of riyadh. the visit comes at a time of strained relations between the two allies following the iran nuclear deal and a push by some congress members to declassify 28 pages of the 9/11 report believed to document riyadh's -- saudi arabia's involvement in the terrorist attacks. human rights organizations have been pressing congress to block arms sales to the kingdom in the wake of saudi-led coalition strikes in yemen. the united nations estimates more than 3000 civilians have been killed since the saudi bombing campaign began last march. amy: this comes as saudi arabia has the right to sell off $750 billion in u.s. treasury securities if congress passes a law to allow the families of the victims of the september 11 attacks to sue the saudi government for any role it may have played in the attacks. the obama administration has lobbied congress to blo

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from santa fe, new mexico. in cleveland, ohio officials pay to settle a $6 million lawsuit filed by the family of tamir rice. the african-american 12-year-old was fatally shot by police in 2014 while playing with a toy pellet gun in a cleveland park. the 911 caller reported seeing him with a weapon but noted it , was probably fake. that information was not relayed to the responding officers. officer timothy loehmann shot tamir within two seconds of arriving at the scene. neither loehmann or his partner, frank garmback, administered any first aid. when tamir's 14-year-old sister rushed to her brother's side, they tackled her to the ground, handcuffed and put her in the cruiser. tamir died the next day. last year, a grand jury failed to bring charges against either of the officers. cleveland mayor frank jackson announced the payout, which is likely the largest ever for the city in a police-related case. >> while we have settled the legal side of this in the court pro

i'm amy goodman. the world is mourning the loss of the music legend prince. >> dearly beloved we are here to get through this thing called life oh, no, let's go ♪ amy: that's prince, performing "let's go crazy" at the 2007 super bowl. he died at his home in minnesota thursday at the age of 57. he became a global music phenomenon in the 1980's, with albums such as "1999," "purple rain" and "sign o' the times." his inventive music spanned funk, rock and jazz while his gender-bending performances shattered expectations of gender and sexuality. president obama released a statement saying -- "today, the world lost a creative icon. few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent," he wrote. across the country, fans and fellow artists celebrated prince's legacy, including stevie wonder, who spoke with cnn's anderson cooper. >> he just passionately loved music. it is like when musicians can jam, there's nothing like it

i'm amy goodman. low-wage workers across the country walked off the job in more than 300 cities thursday, marking the longest action in the nationwide fight for $15 an hour minimum wage. the fight for 15 is brought together fast food and childcare workers, health care workers, and many more. thursday's protest followed victories in california and new york, which had become the first states to enact a path toward establishing a $15 in our minimum wage in the coming years. the fight for took center stage $15 at thursday night's democratic debate in brooklyn, new york. in their most contentious debate of the campaign hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced off over wall street, saving social security, israel, guns and more. cnn moderator wolf blitzer asked clinton if, given her support for $15 an hour minimum wage she , would sign a bill raising it to $15 an hour. >> if a democratic congress put a $15 and wage bill on your desk, would you sign it? >> of course i would. and i have supported -- i have sup

i'm amy goodman. voters in new york are heading to the polls today for one of the most closely watched races of the election. donald trump's leading of the republican side will bernie sanders and hillary clinton are locked in an increasingly tight race for the democratic contest. has 18 of the last nine contests, but hillary clinton enjoys wide support in parts of new york where she served as a senator for eight years. at least new yorkers -- 27% of 3 million the state's population -- cannot vote today because are not registered as either democrats or republicans, and are therefore barred from voting in the closed primary. the deadline to switch party affiliation was back in october. meanwhile, more than 200 new yorkers who saw their party affiliations mysteriously switched are filing a last-minute lawsuit to try to make today's primary open. we will have more on the new york primary later in the broadcast. meanwhile, more than 300 people were arrested monday in washington, d.c., in a mass civil disob

i'm amy goodman. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders says he's cutting hundreds of campaign staffers as he concentrates his efforts on the upcoming california primary. the move comes after rival hillary clinton beat bernie sanders in four of the five contests tuesday. clinton won pennsylvania, maryland, delaware and , connecticut. sanders won rhode island. meanwhile, on the republican side, texas senator ted cruz has named former presidential rival carly fiorina as his vice-presidential running mate. >> after a great deal of time and thought, after a great deal of consideration and prayer, i thatcome to the conclusion if i am nominated to be president of the united states, withi will run on a ticket my vice presidential nominee carly fiorina. amy: it's the first time in four decades that a presidential hopeful has named a running mate before winning the party nomination. the last candidate to do so was ronald reagan during his 1976 campaign. meanwhile, republican presidential frontrunner

i'm amy goodman. president obama has announced the deployment of 250 more special operations troops to syria in a move that nearly doubles the u.s. presence in the country. this comes just days after the obama administration announced 217 more troops would be sent to iraq to help in the fight against isis. president obama addressed the wars in syria and iraq during a speech in germany. >> we continue to make progress, pushing isil back from territory that it controlled. just as i have approved additional support for iraqi forces against isil, i've decided to increase u.s. support for local forces fighting isil in syria. amy: we will have more on u.s. involvement in syria with journalist seymour hersh after headlines. ahead of obama's visit to germany, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest a massive trade deal between the united states and european union. critics say the transatlantic trade and investment partnership or ttip will undermine safety and environmental regulations to se

i'm amy goodman. hundreds of refugees were injured sunday when macedonian police fired tear gas, rubber bullets, and stun grenades at crowds of people on the greek side of the border. more than 10,000 migrants and refugees have been stranded at the greek border outpost of -- since february after a series of border shutdowns across the balkans closed off their route to central and western europe. one syrian migrant named mahmoud , who was treated for broken arm described what happened. surprised that even before we reach the fence and before we did anything on our part, they fired tear gas immediately, so we were just first, but there was a reaction. the tear gas was fall -- followed by stun grenades and rubber bullets. it was not gradual. they used it immediately and this caused a negative reaction from the protesters and anger them and enraged them. amy: greece condemned the use of force by macedonian authorities , describing it as dangerous and deplorable. according to doctors without borders at lea

i'm amy goodman. both former secretary of state hillary clinton and vermont senator bernie sanders campaigned in new york state thursday, ahead of the new york primary later this month. during a speech at the state university of new york at purchase, clinton faced disruption from protesters who yelled, "if she wins, we lose." meanwhile, more than 16,000 people gathered in st. mary's park in the south bronx for a bernie sanders rally where sanders stressed his brooklyn roots. >> i went to public schools in brooklyn, new york. [applause] education and i want every kid in the city and in this state to have a quality, good public education. [cheers] and that means instead of giving tax breaks to billionaires or fighting wars, we should not be fighting, we're going to be investing in housing and education and health care. amy: senator sanders spoke alongside actress rosario dawson , director spike lee, puerto rican rapper. he said he supports sanders foreign-policy position. >> i support bernie sanders bec

i'm amy goodman. former secretary of state hillary clinton and real estate mogul donald trump scored significant victories in new york tuesday, in a primary marked by widespread reports of voter disenfranchisement and irregularities at polling sites. on the republican side, donald trump won 60% of the vote. he appears poised to win 89 of the 95 delegates up for grabs in new york. ohio governor john kasich came in second, with 25% of the vote. meanwhile, on the democratic side, hillary clinton won 57.9% of the vote statewide, with bernie sanders winning 42.1% of the vote. sanders won the majority of counties in the state, but clinton won big in metropolitan new york. the contest in new york city was marked by chaos, particularly in brooklyn, as tens of thousands of voters found their names had been removed from the polling rolls, or that they were unable to vote at their polling station. the new york city elections board has confirmed that more than 125,000 brooklyn voters had been removed from the vot

i'm amy goodman. in the race for the white house, tuesday was a big night for the underdogs as democrat bernie sanders and republican ted cruz secured decisive victories in the wisconsin primary. sanders beat rival hillary clinton by winning over 56% of the vote. ted cruz easily defeated frontrunner donald trump by 13 percentage points. sanders spoke during a rally tuesday night in wyoming, which holds its democratic caucus on saturday. >> with our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses and primaries. [cheers] almost all ofn them with overwhelming landslide numbers. amy: senator ted cruz celebrated his victory during a rally in milwaukee wisconsin. -- asa result of tonight a result of the people of wisconsin defying the media, defying the pundits, i am more and more convinced that our campaign is going to earn the 1237 delegates needed to win the republican nomination. amy: we will have more on the wisconsin results aftfter headlines. meanwhile, donald tr

i'm amy goodman. tuesday was another big night for donald trump and hillary clinton. in the republican primary trump , won all five states up for grabs -- pennsylvania, maryland, connecticut, rhode island, and delaware. he won at least 54% in every state capturing most of the , delegates up for grabs. ohio governor john kasich placed in four of the contests, ted second cruz placed second in one. earlier this week, kasich and cruz announced plans to coordinate their campaigns in an effort to block trump from reaching the 1237 delegates needed to win the primary. and prevent a contested convention. on the democratic side, hillary clinton beat bernie sanders in pennsylvania, maryland, delaware, and connecticut. sanders took rhode island. during her victory speech, clinton reached out to sanders supporters. >> because whether you support senator sanders or you support me, there is much more that unites us than divides us. we all agreed that wages are too low and inequality is too high, that wall street ca

i'm amy goodman. in washington, d.c., police have arrested about 85 more protesters taking part in the democracy spring actions against corporate lobbying and big money in politics. this comes after more than 400 people were arrested after a sit-in at the capitol on monday. the corporate networks widely ignored monday's arrests. according to a tally by the intercept, cnn did not devote any coverage to the protests. msnbc mentioned them for 12 seconds and fox news discussed them for 17 seconds. cnn later posted a short item online. to see our interview with democracy spring organizer kai newkirk, go to democracynow.org. nearly 40,000 verizon workers on the east coast have walked off the job, marking one of the biggest u.s. strikes in years. the workers have been without a contract since august as they attempt by verizon to cut pensions and ease the outsourcing of work. pickets are expected at hundreds of verizon sites from massachusetts to virginia. verizon says it's trained thousands ofof nonnionon em

i'm amy goodman. the race between democratic candidates bernie sanderers and hillarary clintoton is growing increasingly contentious ahead of the new york primary on april 19. during a rally in pennsylvania wednesday, bernie sanders responded to hillary clinton's claims that he is not qualified to be president by saying that she is the onene who is not qualified. >> well, let me just say in response to secretary clinton, i don't believe that she is qualified if she is -- [cheers] , through her super pac, taking tens of millions of dollars in special interest funds. i don't think that you are qualified if you get $15 million from wall streeeet through h yor super pacs. amy: also speaking of pennsylvania w wednesday, hillay clinton fired back as sanders saying his ideas are flawed because his numbers do not add up. >> senator sanders and i have some real differences about how we would go about achieving our goals as president. and like a lot of people, i am concerned that some of his ideas just won't wo

i'm amy goodman. it's primary day in wisconsin. polls suggest it could be a big day for the underdogs as democratic contender bernie sanders and republican ted cruz have seen a surge in support in recent weeks in the badger state. after wisconsin, the next big state on the primary calendar is new york. on monday, hillary clinton and bernie sanders have agreed to hold a debate in brooklyn ahead of the april 19 primary. it will be april 14. meanwhile, the latest fundraising numbers show sanders, who has won five of the last six contests, raised a record-setting $44 million in march. clinton took in $29.5 million. in republican news, the huffington post is reporting billionaire gop donor charles koch is privately predicting house speaker paul ryan could emerge from the republican national convention as the party's nominee if donald trump fails to win enough delegates. chances of a brokered convention will increase if ted cruz wins today in wisconsin, where the winner will receive most of the delegates. i

i'm amy goodman. brazil's lower house of congress has voted to start impeachment proceedings against president dilma rousseff. 367 to 37 for was impeachment. jose guimaroes, the congressional leader of roussef's workers' party, accused opposition lawmakers of waging a coup. >> the coup has won in the lower house, but the fight has not ended. no matter if it is in the streets, lanes them or the senate, we will arouse the masses and communicate with the senate. we believe the senate will eliminate the a of the people involved in the coup, which is manipulated by someone with no morals. amy co brazil has been engulfed in a major corruption scandal, but rousseff herself has not been accused of any financial impropriety. however, 318 members of the brazilian congress -- including many who backed her impeachment -- are under investigation or face charges. leading the impeachment process has been brazil's speaker of the house eduardo cunha, who has been accused of squirreling away $5 million into swiss bank

i'm amy goodman. more than 400 people have been arrested in a massive sit-in on the steps of the u.s. capitol to protest the influence of big money and corporate lobbying in politics. monday's protest, organized under the name democracy spring, brought together activists from about 140 organizations who marched from philadelphia to washington, d.c., last week. similar acts of civil disobedience are scheduled throughout the week in washington. we'll have more on the protest after headlines. presidential candidates continue to campaign in new york one week ahead of the primary. speaking in long island, democratic candidate hillary clinton attacked vermont senator bernie sanders on the issue of gun control. >> most of the guns that are used in crimes and violence and killings in new york come from out of state. has thestate that highest per capita number of those guns that end up committing crimes in new york come from vermont. amy: federal data shows of the nearly 4600 out-of-state guns recovered in new